Articles Archive for February 2008
Just for Fun »
In case you didn’t know, last November we moved from a top floor flat in Edinburgh to a modest house in a small village outside Edinburgh – it could be described as semi rural (by British standards!).
The move itself was as smooth as house moves get. We bought the house at the price we wanted to pay, we sold our flat in 17 hours for more than we were expecting. Everyone completed on time and the only minor hiccup was leaving some stuff behind in our …
Education »
I’ve just been reading a news article on Raising Kids – Do Kids Start School too Early?
Well my view on that is yes, but what really caught my eye were the comments by Steve Sinnot of The National Union of Teachers and the Goverment respectively.
Uniquely, England is a country where testing is used to police schools and control what is taught. “I call on the government to initiate a full and independent review of the impact of the current testing system on schools and on children’s learning and to be …
